An oval wood container (part b) with its ends stitched together by bark(?). There are two pegs at the sides which help to hold the lid (part a) in place. The object is painted with a yellow, gree, and black spiral design.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art.

Museum Purchase: Helen Thurston Ayer Fund.

Multi-coloured stoneware container in the form of a Chinese take-out box. Sides and semi-circle flaps flare out slightly. Outside walls are brown around the base and tops of flaps with a band of blue-grey in the middle. Inside this band are white pressed letters, and clusters of three brown circles. An irregular, wavy line circles the box underneath the flaps. Brown sections are edged with ragged dark brown strips tinged with green. Inside is grey with clusters of three brown circles on the base. Maker's marks stamped on side near base.

Green and grey stoneware container in the form of a Chinese take-out box. Square box with two arched cut-out handles. A carved wavy line circles the box connecting the two handles. Box rims are topped with flat strips that jut out over sides. Maker's marks stamped on back near base.

Two-toned stoneware container in the form of a Chinese take-out box. Sides and semi-circle flaps flare out wide. Semi-circle holes in two opposite flaps form handles. Decorated with a wavy line circling the box underneath the flaps. Outside is red-brown, and inside is grey with brown specks. Maker's marks stamped on side near base.

FOUR SIDED BIRCH BARK BUCKET, FRENCH NAME MIKOK OR MUKAK, WITH BIRCH BARK LID AND SKIN HANDLE. BARK LASHED TOGETHER WITH SPLIT SPRUCE ROOT. RIM REINFORCED WITH ASH WOOD SPLINTS. HANDLE MADE OF TANNED LEATHER THONG. SURFACE ETCHING OF PLANT DESIGN ON ALL FOUR WALLS AND LID. LID LASHING IS BROKEN IN FOUR AREAS. COLLAR OF LID GLUED AS WELL AS STITCHED TO LID TOP. PENCIL AND INK MARKINGS VISIBLE BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF BUCKET. PURCHASED IN 1979 FOR $25.00 FROM IROQRAFTS, OHSWEKEN, SIX NATIONS RESERVE, ONTARIO, CANADA BY MS. E. BARRIE KAVASH FOR SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERVICE (SITES) NATIVE HARVESTS EXHIBIT.